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John (bird whisperer)
stopkillingourworld: NOAA has released its “State of the Climate Global Analysis” for May 2012. Here are the highlights: The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for May 2012 was 0.66°C (1.19°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F). This is the second warmest May since records began in 1880, behind only 2010. The... - http://dendroica.tumblr.com/post...
stopkillingourworld:
  
NOAA has released its “State of the Climate Global Analysis” for May 2012. Here are the highlights:
 The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for May 2012 was 0.66°C (1.19°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F). This is the second warmest May since records began in 1880, behind only 2010. The Northern Hemisphere land and ocean average surface temperature for May 2012 was the all-time warmest May on record, at 0.85°C (1.53°F) above average. The globally-averaged land surface temperature for May 2012 was the all-time warmest May on record, at 1.21°C (2.18°F) above average. 
Great analysis, as usual, by Joe Romm. Read the entire article for full effect - it’s worse than the bullets indicate.